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Science flash cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producer | Any organism that is autotrophic(can make it's own food) |
| Consumer | Any organism that is heterotrophic(can not make it's own food |
| Herbivore | An organism that only eats producers |
| Carnivore | An organism that only eats other consumers |
| Omnivore | An organism that can eat producers or consumers |
| Decomposer | Organisms that break down matter and replenish the earth |
| Scavanger | A consumer that eats dead leftover meat. |
| Food chain | energy transfer through a series of organisms. |
| Food Web | A chain of food chains join together |
| Photosynthesis | The process in which plants gain energy from the sunlight |
| Overpopulation | When too many of a certain species are in an ecosystem |